erek
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Now that I think of it - I'm pretty sure mine was an AIW. Those were pretty cool back in the day.What a great card. I probably still have one around here somewhere. Maybe it's a 9800 AIW.
Probably came from a mom and pop computer place that either went belly up or changed hands. They put it up on the top shelf and forgot it was a complete product instead of a display box.I find it so crazy that people still have these in the plastic. I mean, you bought a brand new video card and never opened it? And then kept it for more than a DECADE. Crazy.
I find it so crazy that people still have these in the plastic. I mean, you bought a brand new video card and never opened it? And then kept it for more than a DECADE. Crazy.
And then someone buys it and sends you email:
"I opened the box and it had two used hard drives! I want my money back!!"
I have stopped selling to anyone with under a 20 positive rep.
I went 9600XT as well. And this card started my Steam Library.Fond memories of wanting this card so bad to upgrade from my shitty FX5200 but ultimately settled for a 9600XT at the time.
How? You can't set those stipulations anymore in their system.
Aye mate, that's nervous. It might haunt you. If your profile says 50+/7-...it might make a legitimate buyer like taco nervous.
The 9500 Pro is where it's at, great price to performance ratio, plus you could flash them easily.
Maybe... I am always kinda skeptical of these sealed packages though. I mean... the buyer of course is probably going to be a collector who is never going to open the package and shrink-wrap machines are not hard to come by. So what is stopping somebody from shrink-wrapping a box with completely different contents and then selling it to a collector?Maybe someone bought some old stock from a business that shut down and just tossed it into their storage locker for the past 10 years.
Maybe... I am always kinda skeptical of these sealed packages though. I mean... the buyer of course is probably going to be a collector who is never going to open the package and shrink-wrap machines are not hard to come by. So what is stopping somebody from shrink-wrapping a box with completely different contents and then selling it to a collector?
We had a shrink-wrap machine at the one computer store I worked at.
All it is is a sealing device to bag up the item and then you use a hot-air gun to shrink the wrap around the box.
X-ray machine.know of a good method for seeing inside without breaching the seal?
Exacerbated by the fact that the collector themselves will place it on a shelf and choose to never open it. Ignorance is bliss?So what is stopping somebody from shrink-wrapping a box with completely different contents and then selling it to a collector?
what about cheaply? methods of achieving x-rays on the cheapX-ray machine.
what about cheaply? methods of achieving x-rays on the cheap
The 9800 XT did come out of the gate with a 256 MB vram option. The 9800 Pro got refreshed with 256 MB vram variant around the same time the 9800 XT launched. However, the 9800 XT used much slower DDR memory vs 9800 Pro's DDR2. To make up for it, the 9800 XT was clocked 30 MHz higher. Other than that, they were identical. The memory bus width was even the same.The XT had the extra 128Mb of memory and wider memory bus than the 9800 pro did though.
...or someone who has a friend that works at Best Buy that has access to the shrink-wrapping machine in the back of the store...I find it so crazy that people still have these in the plastic. I mean, you bought a brand new video card and never opened it? And then kept it for more than a DECADE. Crazy.
Good one. Been selling on eBay for 20+ years. I have pretty much stopped selling there, for that reason. They need to divorce themselves from PayPal, switch to Adyen ASAP and give power back to the sellers.And then someone buys it and sends you email:
"I opened the box and it had two used hard drives! I want my money back!!"
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Agreed - DO NOT SELL DIGITAL ITEMS ON EBAY! I've sold digital codes/gift cards there. There seems to be some organized crime going on there. Over 75% of those filed eBay claims.Negs fall off after 12 months. My rating is 100% positive. Scammers don't usually go out of their way to list neg feedback. I have also had pretty decent luck listing expensive stuff on forums like this one for example. I did learn the hard way to never sell things like game codes / gift cards on ebay tho.
what about the 9500 Non-Pro (L-shaped ram configuration) unlockable?
http://duhvoodooman.com/9500mod/9500mod_1.htm